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| 10 Aug 2012 08:45 PM |
Hello, today I am here to share my opinion and idea because the forums are never cared about and haven't been updated for a long time, I myself love to forum and everything but the layout and forum is horrible! I don't think it's legible to call something a "forum" if it doesn't meet the right requirements. Everything on Roblox gets updated but why not the forums? The bright lights are very annoying, the layout is old, and well it needs to be UPDATED, there are millions of post on the forums so THIS SHOWS that really the forums is a huge important part of Roblox and without it, the game is boring.
To start off, let's talk about the layout. The layout is old and boring, not as great, and can hurt eyes if been on the forums too long.
• To match the theme, the best colors to use would be a Roblox color, maybe a darker blue, and maybe in the background have a roblox sky, so it kills off the white. It gives it a nice Roblox look, and it blinds us less.
Now let's talk about ALLOWING pictures to the forums.
• Pictures, in other forums [sites] you are ALLOWED to have pictures in the forums, using image hosting sites ALLOW you to UPLOAD your image, this better and sometimes I want to put my roblox character, but I cannot because images our NOT allowed to be on this. If Roblox is scared to allow this feature because people will abuse the rights, do a small test, if it's abused remove it. Or only allow 13+ accounts to be ON the forums, so kids don't have to worry about inappropriate content and the mods can deal with it right away.
Here are some ways to stop inappropriate pictures:
• Only allow 13+ accounts in the forums, when a player turns 13 then they have access to the forums and this will help the community.
• Allow players to be volunteer mods, this means players will get a chance to be a forum mod, this is so much better because the amount of mods we have in the forums are RARELY seen. If players know mods will be around, and they are fellow player it'll be much better and clear up things. I myself have been here since 2008 and wouldn't mind being a mod ;) Anyways VM [Volunteer Mods] will have VM or [Volunteer Moderator] on there profile or avatar, like the regular forum mods do. This will decrease the amount of inappropriate action and help the roblox team out, cause less stress and more players from different time zones can be on RT and the other threads.
• Make a forum test, I have seen this on another site I play and this means it's a quiz, to be on the forums you give out what to not do, the rules, if the player answers 5/5 then they have access TO the thread, and have rights to post pictures.
Here are some other idea's the forum needs!:
• The amazing text!: Bold text, large text, small text, underline..etc Many people enjoy other types of fonts, easier to read and it gets boring also with the horrible light on the forums it hurts my eyes when I try to read the font since it's so bad and small.
• Edit your post: Edit...Edit...Edit!!! This is something we need, a lot of spam is caused because players have to post again which flood check stops [Not really] players always have to correct there self if they say for example: Hi i , m bob see what's wrong, then they go Hi I'm Bob* < see that star, wouldn't it be easier just to click "Edit" then the player can edit there post, below in small text will show "Edited by ____ on for example March 14 2012"
• Delete your post: Most players who are new, said wrong things, didn't like there post, placed there post in the wrong place would like to DELETE THERE POST, this would cause less stress for the mods so if a player put there thread in the wrong place they can DELETE there thread and move it.
• Locking Da Thread: So this is something I would love, most of the time there are old threads, dead threads, threads from 2008 blah blah blah. Threads asking for a question. Players should be ALLOWED to lock there own thread, so if something is wrong, thread is old the player can LOCK the thread. Not just the mods, only the starter of the thread. After the thread is lock, give it 1 minute and the thread automatically deletes it's self, this will stop a lot of spam.
• Reply and quote a post: This is something we need, sometimes players like to quote others, reply to others. Right now are players have to keep making a new post, retype what the above player said and put "@ ____" to know who to reply to. That gets very annoying, we should be allowed to click "Reply to post" so when replying to a post this time it automatically gets @ and it quotes the thread or at least put there text above so under you can read and know what to add, better for replying. Or if you don't want to do that under the player there will be a square and then you can click "Quote" or "Reply."
• Bump a thread: Players have to bump there threads all the time, this spams, gets annoying and kills did threads. Above there should be a button that should say "Bump" all you do is click it and then it automatically brings your thread to the top WITHOUT replying to your post for saying "Bump" so your thread stays clean, doesn't start spam. Players can only bump ONCE every 5 minutes
• Poster of the month: A poster of the month is a fun thing, and a fun event each month a poster who has the most post will have on there avatar "Poster Of The Month" this is just for fun, and players like events on the threads.
• Polls: Players should be allowed to create polls in the thread, they get 5 boxes they want to make and have a little survey so, it's a check box survey, for example which sports do you guys like - Off-topic thread for example the sport choices are basketball, soccer, hockey, football, and some other sport anyways players check the boxes, the highest box checked wins, this would be helpful for builders who are looking to make what type of game people like, and also help the mods & roblox so if they ever want to know a theme they can see what there players are interested in. [Mods & roblox staff can make over 5+ boxes for their polls.]
These are my suggestions for the forums, the forums are old, outdated and really the staff never cares about the forums, it's a huge part of Roblox and it NEEDS to be updated.
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| 10 Aug 2012 08:47 PM |
| as long as you leave ot alone i agree |
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| 10 Aug 2012 08:51 PM |
| Why shouldn't OT be different, the features are good and it's what we really need. If RT had all the updates, most players would come to RT. OT would pretty much move to RT, why? Because, we have the features and I am sure MORE people then you would like to see these features.. |
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| 10 Aug 2012 08:57 PM |
IDK
--Don't read or your Jared-- |
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| 10 Aug 2012 09:20 PM |
| I read a little more than half of the thread, and I support. |
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| 10 Aug 2012 09:38 PM |
I completely forgot about the signatures, that's what I was missing I know there are more things are missing so I will add more when I go.
• Signatures and the fun: Many forums have signatures this is what makes a forum fun, helps people 'figure out' there way through the forums, and it's again fun. I don't know if we can really call a "forum" a "forum" without a signature, players should be allowed to make there own signatures. With this feature, to add a signature players should be allowed to go to "My Roblox" > "Account" and then "Signature" Then enter the signature and save it, from there when you post it automatically post your signature WITH your comment.
• Search Button: So many players have to get frustrated with the "Search" I think it would be easier if the search system was much easier and also had an advanced search to find out MORE of what a player is looking for. Players should also be able to search a player by there name or profile ID.
• Profile: In the forums it says "Profile" but when you click it all it does is take you to a players profile, instead there should be a drop down list [arrow] under the players forum avatar which says "View Foruming Profile" With this feature you can have your own mini blog, players can view your last threads, show your activity, your last login, join date, how many post, This would be fun, yet so you don't have to change anything in your regular all day blurb.
I will add more features I can think of whenever I can remember. |
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| 13 Aug 2012 06:25 PM |
I like it except for this part as I skimmed through it "only allow 13+ accounts to be ON the forums, so kids don't have to worry about inappropriate content and the mods can deal with it right away."
How about Robloxians have to upload the image as a decal wait for it to be aproved them be able to post it in the forums? As I do not like the 13+ Rules as I believe WNTS says. |
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| 13 Aug 2012 06:27 PM |
I like it except for this part as I skimmed through it "only allow 13+ accounts to be ON the forums, so kids don't have to worry about inappropriate content and the mods can deal with it right away."
How about Robloxians have to upload the image as a decal wait for it to be aproved them be able to post it in the forums? As I do not like the 13+ Rules as I believe WNTS says.
The image as a decal would work but I thought "How are you suppose to code that?" again, this is only a forum it's not a flash thing, so simple is better.
I personally DO like the 13+ because most kids that come to RT are trolled, flamed, and there is a lot of adult content put up during the night when the mods are sleeping, but both ways could work. |
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| 13 Aug 2012 06:43 PM |
| Bump for the sake of a new forum. |
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| 13 Aug 2012 06:58 PM |
| Hmm... Maybe 2 differnt forums that you can't tell the differnce between since it will never show? (I know that may be a lot of work) |
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| 13 Aug 2012 07:11 PM |
Something I would like to add.
• Thumbs up!: I always love the thumbs up icon, and I think we should have this, this is good for "support threads" and it's great to see if the players like it or not, it's also fun to like someones comment by giving it a thumbs up.
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Azelf18
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| 14 Aug 2012 02:41 AM |
Last thing I would probably add:
• Paragraphs type, so if you want your paragraph in the middle, left with a box, or right with a box, it'll be much easier.
• Make "tab" work in the new forums.
These are the last features I am probably going to add. |
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| 14 Aug 2012 05:36 PM |
| Alright. I support. I guess. |
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| 21 Aug 2012 04:53 PM |
| Bump for the love of the forums. |
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